Soft-tread horseshoe.



No. 632,786. Patented sept. l2, |399.'

H. LAGEHuulsT. SQFT TBEAD HORSESHOE.

(Applictinn med Feb. 1e, 1699.)

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NiTnD STATES PATENT OFFICE..

HENRY LAGERQUIST, OF DES MOINES, IOVA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLESOLSON, OF SAME PLACE.

SOFT-TREAD HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,786, datedSeptember 12, 1899.

Application filed February 18, 1899. Serial No. 705,738. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HENRY LAGERQUIST, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa,

have invented certain new and useful 11n-- provements in Soft TreadHorseshoes, of which the following is a specication.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved construction forhorseshoes wherebya cushion-tread may be attached and retained,removably and replaceably, by convenient means.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinationof elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, andillustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- M Figure 1 is aninverted plan of the complete shoe, the dotted lines indicating themanner of attaching the coniningdevers to the head of the shoe. Fig. 2is a cross-section on the indicated line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is across-section on the indicated line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is across-section on the indicated line 4 4. of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is alongitudinal section on the indicated line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is adetail view of one ofthe confininglevers.

In the construction of the device as shown the numeral 10 designates ahorseshoe-plate fiat in cross-section and curved to the desired form. Aninternal flange 11 is formed on at right angles to and extendsdownwardly from the inner margin of the plate 10, and the lower marginof said ange is serrated or toothed to lighten the weight of the shoeand at the same time provide better means for engaging the cushion-treadtherewith. A head-piece 12 is cast on the apex or forward extremity ofthe plate 10 and extends downwardly therefrom at right angles theretoand approximately parallel with the forwardportion of the liange 11. Theplate 10 and ange 11, head-piece 12, and ordinary toe-clip 13 preferablyare made by casting and of the material commonly known as malleableiron. The head-piece 12 is formed with an aperture on each side of itscenter, and confining-levers l1 15 are provided and formed with studs ontheir forward ends, which studs are so shaped and of such size as to beseated in said apertures and attach the confining' levers removably andreplaceably to the headpiece. The confining-levers 1415 are curved toapproximately the same degree as the curva*- ture of the side portionsof the fiange 11, and the rear end portions of the said levers areapertured transversely and countersunk in the apertures. Apertures areformed in the terminals of the fiange 11 in registration with 6o theapertures in the rear end portions of the confining-levers 14E 15. Abolt 16 is mounted in the apertures in the lever 15 and flange 11 andextends transversely of the shoe-plate,

'the head of the bolt being countersunk in 65 the aperture of the lever,flush with the outer face of said lever, and a nut 17 is mounted uponthe inner end of the bolt and impinges against the inner face of theflange. A screw 18 is mounted in the apertures of the lever 7o 14 andiiange 11, the head of the screw being countersunk in and iiush with theouter face of the lever, and the inner end of the screw isscrew-threaded and seated in a screw-seat formed in the aperture of theflange. Screws or bolts may be used interchangeably, as desired; but Ihave illustrated both for the purpose of showing how each may best beapplied. A strip, rod, or plate 19 of yielding elastic compressibleresilient material, such 8o as india-rubber and the several compositionsthereof well known in this art, is mounted beneath the plate 10,parallel and in contact with the outer surface of the iiange 11, and isretained by the embracement of the conflning-levers 14 and 15, the bolt16 and screw 18 traversing apertures in the end portions of said stripor rod. Set-screws 2O 21 may be mounted in screw-seats formed in theflange 11 and impinged against or embedded 9o in the rod or strip 19near its central portion if it be found necessary to employ suchsetscrews as anl auxiliary means for retaining the cushion-tread. Thecentral portion of the flange 11 may be bent toward and impinged 95 uponthe inner face of the central portion of the cushion-tread to morefirmly retain the tread in contact with the plate 10. The shoeplate 10is formed with nailholes 22, two of which are shown in Fig. 2, wherebythe plate 10o may be attached to a hoof prior to Amounting on said platethe cushion-tread and confininglevers.

I claim as my inventionl. A horseshoe comprising a plate formed with aninternal downwardly projecting flange, a head-piece formed on said platein opposition to the flange, confining levers removably and replaoeablymounted on the head-piece and a cushion tread-piece mounted on the platebetween the confining-levers and flange.

2. A horseshoe comprising aplate, an internal marginal flange on saidplate, a cushioned tread-piece mounted parallel with the flange andconfining-levers embracing the tread-piece and impinging the same to theflange.

3. A horseshoe comprising a flanged plate, a boss or head-piece on saidplate, a cushioned tread-piece beneath said plate, confining-leversremovably and replaceably attached to the boss or headpiece andembracing the tread-piece, the flange, levers and tread-piece beingapertured in registration and bolts or screws mounted in the aperturesand binding the levers to the tread-piece.

4. A horseshoe comprising a plate formed with an internal downwardlyprojecting flange, a head-piece formed on said plate in opposition tothe flange, which head-piece is i' formed with lateral holes,confining-levers curved in conformity with the side margins of theshoe-plate, studs on the forward ends of said conning-levers and seatedin the holes in the head-piece, the opposite terminal of each leverbeing transversely apertured, a cushion tread-piece mounted below theplate and betweenthe flange and confining-levers, and means for clampingthe levers to the flange.

5. A horseshoe comprising the plate l0, the internal serrated marginalflange on said plate,the tread-piece beneath the plate,means forclamping the tread-piece to the flange and set-screws in the flangeimpingin g against the tread-piece.

6. A horseshoe comprising the flanged plate, the apertured head-piece onthe toe portion of said plate,the confining-levers formed with studsengaging in the apertures of the headpiece, bolts or screws connectingthe rear terminals ol' the confining-levers to the flange of the plateand a cushioned tread-piece mounted between the levers and flange andconfined thereby.

Signed by me at Des Moines, Iowa, this 18th day of January, 1899.

HENRY LAGERQUIST.

Witnesses:

CHARLES OLSON, S. C. SWEET.

